Raja Eleena Explained

Raja Eleena
Spouse:Ismail Farouk bin Abdullah
Issue:Omar Azlan
Puteri Alia Azleena
Imran Azlan
Ashman Azlan
Puteri Nur Iman Sofia
Full Name:Raja Eleena binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah
Father:Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
Birth Name:Raja Eleena binti Raja Azlan Shah
Mother:Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun
Birth Date:3 April 1960
Birth Place:Penang, Malaya

Raja Eleena binti Almarhum Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah Al-Maghfur-Lah (born 3 April 1960) is the fourth child of the 34th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.

Raja Eleena was born on 3 April 1960 and she went to SMK Convent Bukit Nanas during her school years. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Law from the University of London. She is a lawyer with her own legal firm in Kuala Lumpur.

Biography

Raja Eleena is also a practising barrister, being called by Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1985.

Upon returning to Malaysia, she joined Messrs Skrine & Co and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986. She set up her own legal practice Messrs Raja Eleena, Siew Ang & Associates in 1987, of which she is a senior partner.

Raja Eleena was appointed to the Board of Gamuda on 1 June 1992.

She is the niece of Kamarul Zaman bin Mohd Ali. She is a director and major shareholder of Generasi Setia (M) Sdn Bhd, which is a major shareholder of Gamuda.

Her directorships in other public companies are with KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Holdings Berhad and Danau Permai Resort Berhad.

Raja Eleena was named in May 2007 as Malaysia's 25th richest in the country with assets worth over US$228 million (MYR 773 million). She becomes the list’s second woman after Chong Chook Yew, who occupies number 18th with US$320 million (MYR 1.085 billion).

Childhood

Raja Eleena was born at Penang, Malaya, 3 April 1960 as the fourth child of the late Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah, later Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak, and his wife Tuanku Bainun Binti Mohd Ali (herself a member of the Royal House of Perak and much fourth granddaughter of her husband's father Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah of Perak)

Her siblings are :

Honours

Honours of Raja Eleena

She has been awarded:

Honours of Perak

Honours of Ismail Farouk

He has been awarded:

Honours of Perak